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[Flyin Tony]

I know this question comes up alot but here it is.

Is C337 time just as good as seneca Time?

 

[KeroseneSnorter]

Only if the job you are applying for is in a 337. It is multi, so it counts for the column, but it is centerline thrust and its enough to make the FAA put a "centerline thrust only" restriction on your multi rating if you get it in a 337.

Bottom line, to an employer, No.

 

[350DRIVER]

I second the above...

Two completely different animals.

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[Lead Sled]

Is C337 time just as good as seneca Time?

Probably not, but a little time in one won't be a "negative" either. If you've got 500 total ME with say 50 to 100 of it CLT no one's going to have any heart burn. If all 500 of it is in Skymasters then you might have a issue.

'Sled

 

[Steve]

A buddy of mine just got on with expressjet with 1200tt 400multi with 200+ being a in cessna 336 (fixed gear 337). It was brought up at the interview but i'm sure 200 hours in a seneca would have looked better. By the time you make it to the interview it all depends if your what there looking for as a person first, and a resume second.

 

[banned username 2]

Only if the job you are applying for is in a 337. It is multi, so it counts for the column, but it is centerline thrust and its enough to make the FAA put a "centerline thrust only" restriction on your multi rating if you get it in a 337.

Bottom line, to an employer, No.

The FAA will no longer issue a Multi-Engine rating with a Centerline Thrust limitation, hence you need to take your Multi checkride in a conventional twin... A C-337 is twin time... If only a portion of your twin time is 337, then no prob, if most of your twin time is in a 337 then some employers might not be too fond of that... I have about 100 hours of 337 time, it's a dog and I don't miss flying it...

 

[nosehair]

The FAA will no longer issue a Multi-Engine rating with a Centerline Thrust limitation

When did this happen?

 

[banned username 2]

When did this happen?

I don't remember the exact timeframe, but think it was about a year ago...

 

[sky37d]

I have about 100 hours of 337 time, it's a dog and I don't miss flying it...

OH, OH, I OBJECT. 337'S are cool airplanes. Especially with one engine out.
As for dog, I've been into a 1000' strip, draggin in, admittedly, but down and stopped, and flew back out with seats full.

A 337 is a multi engine airplane, a multi engine airplane, a multi engine airplane. You can get a CLT rating. If you are ME, in a 337, it is ME time. Simple Simple.

 

[jetdriven]

agreed. As long as most of your multi is not skymaster time, get all you can. Its still multiengine time.

 

[nosehair]

I don't remember the exact timeframe, but think it was about a year ago...

...uh, could you reference something? My Commercial Multi-Engine PTS, dated August 1, 2002, still has this note under Vmc Demonstration: "An applicant seeking an AMEL rating, "Limited to Centerline Thrust", is not required to be evaluated on this TASK".

 

[ultrarunner]

The 337 was the first ME airplane I flew. Did my commercial in it. Even had a solo endorcement, and just flew the piss out of it. I loved that airplane.

I removed the centerline thrust restriction in combo with an MEI ride.

Got my first flying job with 300 hours in the ME column....not even 50 of that conventional.

 

[JediNein]

I love the elevator takeoff in the 336 that I am blessed to fly. Even fully loaded on a hot day it's off the ground ready to go at 300-400' ground roll. Glad I have an ANR headset, though.

Fly SAFE!
Jedi Nein

 

[Lead Sled]

I love the elevator takeoff in the 336 that I am blessed to fly. Even fully loaded on a hot day it's off the ground ready to go at 300-400' ground roll. Glad I have an ANR headset, though.

I really enjoyed flying the Skymaster too. The first one I ever flew was a 336. We used it to give air tours to the Grand Canyon. It belonged to Sid Petty at Air Vegas. It was like flying a twin-engined Cessna 206 - looking out the windshield you saw a prop; looking out the side, there was a wing strut; looking down, there was a landing gear leg. At least when you looked at the instrument panel there were two sets of engine gauges and two sets of engine controls. They didn't build many of them, so I wonder what is the tail number of the one you're flying?

'Sled